Newport Co. v. United States

Sulphoacid of anthraquinone, a coal-tar product, commonly known as silver salts, imported at the port of Milwaukee, Wis., was assessed with a duty of 15 per cent ad valorem and an additional duty of 2-J- cents per pound under sections 500 and 501 of the act of September 8, 1916, which in so far as pertinent, read as follows:

Sec. 500, Group II. Amidonaphthol, amidophenol * * * anthraquinone * * * or any sulphoacid or sulphoacid salt of any of the foregoing '* * * 15 per centum ad valorem.

*116Sec. 501. That on and after the day following the passage of this act, in addition to the duties provided…